A group of policemen who were carrying out an operation in the Berbice River on Friday seized a total of 672 pounds of cannabis from two boats along the Berbice River bank aback Plegtanker Village, and Light Town Village, East Bank Berbice.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday explained that the police team, which was being led by an Assistant Superintendent, was conducting an operation in the Berbice River when they found a total of 672 lbs (305.45kg) of suspected cannabis along with two wooden boats just after midnight on Friday.
The suspect cannabis has a total of street value of $20 million, the police noted.
“During the operation a wooden white and green boat, with a 75hp Yamaha engine was seen on the river bank, in the vicinity of Plegtanker Village. The ranks, upon approaching the boat observed that it contained five black bulky plastic bags, which contained a quantity of seeds, leaves and stems, suspected to be cannabis. The area was searched but no one was seen,” the police said.
However, while bringing out the first boat and narcotics to the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam, the team noticed another wooden boat in the vicinity of Light Town Village, East Bank Berbice, with four occupants.
After noticing the police, the boat’s operator drove it on to the river bank, causing the boat to slide into a clump of bushes and resulting in the four occupants being able to run further into the nearby bushes and making good their escape.
The second boat was then boarded by the ranks, who discovered 30 bulky parcels wrapped in transparent plastic containing a quantity of suspected cannabis.
The police subsequently combed the area but the suspects were not seen.
The two boats and the narcotics were taken to the Central Police Station.
